you know the one were you get an email from a foriner saying he has knowledge of a family with your same last name that has died in a tragick accident and since no one is next of kin can be found he wants you to share the money with you if you clame to be this persons next of kin and give him most of the money. like i said how does this scame work.
2006-09-02 14:50:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Someone contacted me on Yahoo! messenger, saying I won the 'International Nigerian Lottery' or some mess like this. He told me I won $132,464,987,654,321.12, and I had to send $500.00 to have the money 'released' to me.
I told him that I would sign an affadividt [with a fake name of course], and sign the winnings over to him if HE sent ME $500.00.
That shut his mouth. hmph!
2006-09-02 15:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by NC_Pianist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well basically what they do is get you all excited about getting a huge sum of money. They get your bank information to "send you the money" and then ask you to go to Africa or whatever country the scam originates from. When your in Africa they start the scam, where they tell you that they have to pay off a local authority to get the money to you. Then they need you to pay some other fees to make the transaction. Im sure its different every time but they basically scam you out of your money while you are there, only to find out that the money was never transfered and all those fees you had to paid got pocketed by those involved.
Be smart, stay away from those emails!
Adam Beazley
http://www.Plug-In-Home-Business.com
2006-09-02 14:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I dont know all about it, but what I know is they want you to send them your information including your bank account number. Also in order to get that money they will ask you to send them a fee. Its a scam keep away from it. IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE WELL IT IS.
2006-09-02 14:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way this works is that first, he asks for all of your personal info. All of it. Anything he will need to create identity theft.
Secondly, he will also ask you to send him some "good faith" money, until the money is actually disbursed by the courts.
It's amazing as well as sad how many people fall for this.
2006-09-02 14:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are dumb enough to fall for it, they get your bank account number and take all your money
2006-09-02 14:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you have to learn how to spell scam
2006-09-02 15:03:14 · answer #6 · answered by PimpMeister 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋